Synonyms of clots

clots 1 of 2

noun

plural of clot

1

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

a clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• arrays
• bunches
• clumps
• collections
• groups
• assemblages
• constellations
• lots
• groupings
• batteries
• banks
• assortments
• blocks
• packages
• sets
• bands
• series
• suites
• varieties
• mixtures
• clutches
• accumulations
• knots
• aggregations
• parcels
• aggregates
• the whole kit and caboodle
• huddles
• passels
• jumbles
• musters
• agglomerations
• conglomerations
• suits
• sundries
• cycles
• odds and ends
• runs
• miscellanies
• hodgepodges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

2

as in clumps

a small uneven mass

clots of dirt that were flung up by the horses' hooves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clumps
• chunks
• wads
• hunks
• lumps
• globs
• blobs
• pieces
• gobs
• clods
• beads
• dollops
• knobs
• gobbets
• globules
• particles
• nubs
• nuggets
• bits
• patches
• nubbles
• drops
• chips
• portions
• granules
• blocks
• bodies
• bulks
• crumbs
• scraps
• morsels
• nubbins

3

as in morons

British a stupid person

was of the opinion that most of the people running for parliament were clots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• morons
• idiots
• lunatics
• stupids
• lumps
• losers
• stupes
• fools
• mutts
• dummies
• deadheads
• imbeciles
• dips
• noodles
• pinheads
• knuckleheads
• blockheads
• geese
• dopes
• turkeys
• ganders
• numskulls
• golems
• donkeys
• loons
• hammerheads
• prats
• clunks
• boneheads
• hardheads
• dullards
• ninnies
• oafs
• dolts
• stocks
• noddies
• dunces
• yahoos
• goons
• cretins
• ignoramuses
• jerks
• sapheads
• lunkheads
• dunderheads
• dumbbells
• airheads
• meatheads
• goofs
• dimwits
• simpletons
• clucks
• nincompoops
• chuckleheads
• fatheads
• dim bulbs
• ratbags
• bubbleheads
• nuts
• jackasses
• loggerheads
• nits
• birdbrains
• momes
• dorks
• dumb clucks
• nitwits
• cuddies
• schlubs
• schnooks
• nimrods
• dum-dums
• clowns
• boobies
• clodpolls
• villains
• thickheads
• doofuses
• chowderheads
• woodenheads
• dumbheads
• lamebrains
• half-wits
• know-nothings
• madmen
• dodoes
• ninnyhammers
• dummkopfs
• buffoons
• skunks
• loonies
• snakes
• yo-yos
• mugs
• zanies
• beasts
• heels
• creeps
• scatterbrains
• stinkers
• gawks
• boors
• cads
• curs
• churls
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• thinkers
• intellectuals
• intellects
• geniuses
• sages
• wizards
• whizzes
• Renaissance men
• polymaths
• sharpies

clots

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clot

1

as in blocks

to prevent passage through by filling with something

phone lines clotted by Internet traffic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocks
• obstructs
• jams
• clogs
• congests
• occludes
• fills
• floods
• stuffs
• dams
• chokes
• stops (up)
• plugs (up)
• gums (up)
• packs
• corks
• furs
• silts
• overwhelms
• stopples
• bungs
• spiles
• swamps
• stoppers
• gridlocks
• gluts
• inundates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens (up)
• frees
• clears
• unblocks
• unclogs
• unplugs
• scoops (out)
• unstops
• empties
• excavates
• hollows (out)
• lightens

2

as in gels

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly

scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gels
• jellies
• clumps
• coagulates
• freezes
• stiffens
• congeals
• gelatinizes
• jells
• gelates
• sets
• cakes
• firms (up)
• thickens
• hardens
• solidifies
• condenses
• concretes
• curdles
• gums
• fixes
• lumps (up)
• curds
• indurates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• melts
• liquefies
• fuses
• thaws
• fluxes
• deliquesces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clots

Noun

Injection sites can become infected, and veins can become inflamed or blocked by clots. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

That causes red blood cells to break down, leading to anemia and clots in the blood vessels. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Those clots typically go to the lungs, where they are dissolved. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026

Blood may then pool inside the heart, which can allow clots to form. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

And when Cape Verde’s Deroy Duarte evened the score with a right footed shot from a difficult angle at the 59-minute mark, the stunned stadium went silent, minus two small spirited clots of Cape Verde fans in the East end zone seats. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Platelets in the blood form clots, white cells are summoned, dead cells are cleared away, and a cascade of chemical signals sounds the alarm to draw in units known as fibroblasts. — Mike McRae 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026

This rare condition, which mostly impacts children, occurs when bacterial toxins spread throughout the body and damage red blood cells, causing clots in the organs, primarily the kidneys. — CNN Money, 14 June 2026

According to the Mayo Clinic, HUS can occur when small blood vessels become damaged and inflamed, causing clots that can damage the kidneys and other organs. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026